U.S. says CIA responded within 25 minutes to Benghazi attackIntelligence officials dispute a report by Fox News that officers in Libya were ordered to 'stand down' after the diplomatic compound came under attack. By Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times November 2, 2012

WASHINGTON  CIA security officers in a Benghazi post responded within 25 minutes to a call for help from a nearby State Department compound after it came under attack Sept. 11, officials said Thursday, seeking to refute a Fox News report asserting that CIA managers ordered them to stay put.

In releasing a detailed timeline of CIA actions that night, senior intelligence officials have put aside long-standing concerns about revealing the extent of the agency's presence in Benghazi in order to push back against what officials say are baseless allegations that aid was withheld.

"At every level in the chain of command, from the senior officers in Libya to the most senior officials in Washington, everyone was fully engaged in trying to provide whatever help they could," a senior intelligence official said in a statement. "There were no orders to anybody to stand down in providing support."

“The team arrived around midnight but got bogged down at the airport. Ultimately, it learned that “the ambassador was almost certainly dead” and headed to the agency facility “to assist with the evacuation,” the official said.”

So they “stood down”.

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posted on 11/02/2012 3:05:17 AM PDT
by tobyhill
(Obamacare, the final nail in the US coffin.)

""At every level in the chain of command, from the senior officers in Libya to the most senior officials in Washington, everyone was fully engaged in trying to provide whatever help they could," a senior intelligence official said in a statement. "There were no orders to anybody to stand down in providing support."

Really? Fully engaged (parsing for the WH situation room)? I thought the WH didn't know what what was going on in real time? What assistance was provided? Am I missing something here? Of course not. CYA for this "intelligence official".

So, according to this report, he is implying that military resources were activated, as we all know they weren't. This guy needs to hang with the rest of those responsible for not attempting a rescue of our Ambassador.

In the situation room, when the initial phone call came 9:40pm at the Consulate, Obama gave an order to secure those Americans, how long do you watch video from the drones before you figure out the orders arent being followed?

Obama Now with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when we received that phone call, I immediately made sure that, number one, that we did everything we could to secure those Americans who were still in harms way;

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posted on 11/02/2012 3:21:48 AM PDT
by Son House
(The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012)

Obama Now with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when we received that phone call, I immediately made sure that, number one, that we did everything we could [except anything that would have involved endangering the life of any muslim insurgent or muslim looter, except anything that might involve offending any muslims, except anything that would involve crossing a border, except anything that did not have the approval of the muslim government, except anything that would involve bombs, spectre guns, aircraft carriers, interrogating prisoners...] to secure those Americans who were still in harms way;

We now know that this was not a true embassy/consulate in Benghazi. This was a CIA led guns/arms running scheme to the rebels in Libya. They used the cover of a bogus consulate. Stevens was an integral part of the gun running which put heavy weapons and antiaircraft missiles in the hands of Al Qaeda and other radical Islamists groups. Obama approved the gun/arms running knowing that these heavy weapons could potentially be used against Americans. No assistance was provided to the Americans in Benghazi because if we had gone in with assets like drone strikes or other platforms and killed innocent Libyans, the truth would have come out about our gun running. IMHO.

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posted on 11/02/2012 3:35:04 AM PDT
by ImNotLying
(The MSM bears a close resemblance to the world's oldest profession!)

“In the situation room, when the initial phone call came 9:40pm at the Consulate, Obama gave an order to secure those Americans, how long do you watch video from the drones before you figure out the orders arent being followed?”

That’s exactly what I said.

“The team arrived around midnight but got bogged down at the airport”

I read the comments. Most in this country are not buying this bs from the regime. I suppose there will be a lot of low-information voters who will, but for those who have followed this story - we know better.

The CIA ops responded and gave their lives... and they were disobeying orders from obama to do it. Why are they not stating this... they reacted in violation of the orders to STAND DOWN. FUbo... we will investigate and prosecute when Mitt wins... even if we have to march on Washington to force them to do it. You had better buy a home in Indonesia kenyan... or someplace that does not honor extradition.

LLS

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posted on 11/02/2012 4:21:25 AM PDT
by LibLieSlayer
(OUR GOVERNMENT AND PRESS ARE NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY OR DESERVING OF RESPECT!)

“... Brown carried an offer for normalizing relations between the U.S. and the former communist enemy. When details of the meetings and subsequent offer were linked to the press President Clinton denied it. Brown was scheduled to testify before a House committee but died in a plane crash prior to when he was to appear....

Obama Now with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when [ key- which phone call] we received that [what call] phone call, I immediately made sure that, number one, that we did everything we could to secure [what does this really mean] those Americans who were still [ which people, who?]in harms way;

He may be speaking truth, it is called “double-talk” Slick Willy” was a master at it. (redefine a word, you can mean anything) Don't expect justice on this.....I hope I am wrong!

Was what they were doing likely the province of the CIA? Most definitely.

Had people, including Stevens, raised alarm bells about the lack of security? Yup!

Was the CIA looking in on outright incompetence, while literally within earshot of rifle fire? Yes!

This all display Obamas ideology, long held paranoia and bias world view. Im sure Obama and his people thought what Stevens was doing was sexy, because it was risky. Of coarse, a leftist cant trust rank and file CIA, right? The CIA killed Che, Obamas hero, Obama is the self styled Che of the new Islamic caliphate.

Again, you cant trust the CIA, that is until your getting your ass shot off in a third world hell hole and your leftist party friends leave you for dead.

Stevens and Smith were expendable to Obama, but they werent expendable to Woods and Doherty.

WALL ST jOURNAL had long article today that is pure administration spin...saying, oh gosh, the state dept didn’t know what the CIA was doing and State and Admin thought the CIA had enough security and oh, gosh, it was all so secret and that’s why this all happened...

and I guess, these things just get so confusing between the CIA and the state Dept and well, golly “what were we to do if we weren’t being told”????

another possibility in all this is that this was perhaps a deal to get the Ambassador “kidnapped” and trade him for the Blind Sheik—a plot that went wrong.

Yep, you’ve got that right. They have been committing treason ever since the nobama began running of office in IL.
They have kept his past secret, and they are still covering his incompetence. I personally do not believe he is an American, even though he did live with his grandparents in Hawaii.

The team arrived around midnight but got bogged down at the airport. Ultimately, it learned that the ambassador was almost certainly dead and headed to the agency facility to assist with the evacuation, the official said.
So they stood down.

Typical don’t read beyond the headlines. The real test is on the scene not some Clintonian “ at the airport in 25 minutes” therefore we were there.

Similar to Billy Jeffs “ as long as someone is anywhere in the building “ I
Wasn’t alone with Monica.

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